Israel deepens ties with Egypt over Gaza

There has been a flurry of diplomatic and security activity between Israel and Egypt in recent days, heavily concentrated on maintaining calm with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, which borders both…

Netanyahu: IDF op not on ‘stopwatch’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed determination to press on with Operation Guardian of the Walls against Gaza’s Hamas rulers “until its objective is achieved to restore quiet and…

Hamas fires at Jordanian aid shipment

Hamas attacked shipments transporting humanitarian and medical aid to the residents of the Gaza Strip for the second time in 24 hours. The IDF Coordinator of Government Activities in the…

IDF sets Gaza terrorists ‘back by years’

Palestinian Islamists kept up cross-border rocket fire today, with no firm sign of any imminent ceasefire despite international calls to end Gaza’s conflict with Israel. The Hamas-controlled territory has indiscriminately…

COGAT: Hamas puts terror ahead of Gaza residents

Israel has resealed crossings into Gaza after they came under Palestinian terrorist mortar fire when they were briefly opened to allow delivery of international aid. “Hamas keeps putting terror ahead…

Fatalities, Direct Gaza strikes on Israel

Two people were killed and another 10 people injured when rockets fired from Gaza today made a direct hit on a packing plant at Moshav Ohad in Eshkol Regional Council.…

France, US working on Israel-Gaza truce

More than a week of fighting between Israel and Hamas showed few signs of abating today in spite of global diplomacy to stop the region’s fiercest hostilities since the 2014…

Israel-Gaza conflict intensifies

Israel’s Operation Guardian of the Walls to end Gaza rocket fire and restore security on the home front entered its 5th day today, with no sign of de-escalation. While there…

Hamas Wants to Be Crowned the Guardian of Jerusalem

— By Col. (res.) Grisha Yakubovich The current major escalation between Israel and Hamas is a result of the terror organization’s long-term strategic vision aimed at ultimately crowning it as…